Venus Sun-Trap

The Venus Sun-Trap Bright sister of the Earth defines the sky at eve and dawn For similarities not at all, a hothouse orb intensely strong Of water next to none that would see it boil and frazzle Earth’s closest sister dons sulphur clouds that really makes her dazzle Bright Lucifer and Vesper that heralds an evening prayer Two stars not one named by the ancients for her light so fair This Roman goddess of beauty and love rages a polar storm Her hellish mantel submits non stop to molten rocks that warm Bright Venus, second to the sun. the messenger goes first She’s first for an inferno that would make the devil thirst And more transcends them all with atmospheric pressure Ninety times more than Earth, her fiery crown a treasure Bright lady whose carbon greenhouse is her estate Two hundred three and forty earth days, it takes her to rotate The slowest of the lot, her magnetic field not much But her volcanic life and magma are very hard to match Bright morning star that twinkles in the fading night time sky I know exactly who you are, so clearly seen by human eye Too hot for human mission and short lived the probes that land One day you may be conquered with your secrets well in hand